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The Internet and World Wide Web are extremely well suited for conducting
business electronically on a global basis
Chapter 4 - Enabling Business-to-Consumer Electronic Commerce
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Chapter 4 Learning ObjectivesAfter this chapter, you will be able to:
Electronic Commerce Defined• Describe electronic commerce, how it has evolved, and the strategies that companies
are adopting to compete in cyberspace.
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet Marketing• Describe the stages of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, understand the keys to
successful electronic commerce applications, and explain the different forms of Internet marketing.
Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business EC• Describe mobile commerce, consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce, and
consumer-to-business electronic commerce.
Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in EC• Describe how to conduct financial transactions and navigate the legal issues of
electronic commerce.
E-Government• Explain different forms of electronic government.
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Electronic Commerce Defined
Electronic Commerce DefinedDescribe electronic commerce, how it has evolved, and the strategies that companies are adopting to compete in cyberspace.
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet MarketingDescribe the stages of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, understand the keys to successful electronic commerce applications, and explain the different forms of Internet marketing.
Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business ECDescribe mobile commerce, consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce, and consumer-to-business electronic commerce.
Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in ECDescribe how to conduct financial transactions and navigate the legal issues of electronic commerce.
E-GovernmentExplain different forms of electronic government.
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Electronic Commerce Defined
• Electronic Commerce“the exchange of goods, services, and money among firms, between firms and their customers, and between customers, supported by communication technologies and, in particular, the Internet”
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Electronic Commerce Defined:Types of Electronic Commerce (EC)
Type of EC Description
Business-to-consumer (B2C) Transactions between businessesand their customers
Business-to-business (B2B) Transactions among businesses
Consumer-to-business (C2B) Transactions between customersand businesses
Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) Transactions between people notnecessarily working together
Government-to-citizen (G2C) Transactions between agovernment and its citizens
Government-to-business (G2B) Transactions between agovernment and businesses
Government-to-government (G2G) Transactions among governments
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Internet and World Wide Web Capabilities:Dissemination, Integration, Customization
• Information Dissemination– Products and services can be marketed over vast
distances• Integration– Web sites can be linked to corporate databases to
provide real-time access to current and/or personalized information
• Mass Customization– Firms can tailor their products and services to meet
a customer’s particular needs
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Internet and World Wide Web Capabilities:Communication, Transactional, Disintermediation
• Interactive Communication– Companies can communicate with customers,
improving their image of responsiveness• Transaction Support– Clients and businesses can conduct business
online without human support• Disintermediation– Cutting out the “middleman” and reaching
customers more directly and efficiently
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EC Business Strategies
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EC Business Strategies:Revenue Models
Revenue Type Description Who is Doing This?
Affiliate marketing
Paying businesses that bring or refercustomers to another business
Amazon.com’s Associatesprogram
Subscription Users pay a monthly or yearly recurring fee for the product/service
Netflix.com, World ofWarcraft
Licensing Users pay a fee for using protectedintellectual property
Symantec, Norton
Transactionfees/Brokerage
A commission is paid to the business for aiding in the transaction
PayPal.com, eBay.com,Groupon.com
Traditional sales A consumer buys a product/service from the Web site
Nordstrom.com, iTunes.com
Web advertising A free service/product is supported by advertising on the Web site
Facebook.com, Answers.com
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Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet Marketing
Electronic Commerce DefinedDescribe electronic commerce, how it has evolved, and the strategies that companies are adopting to compete in cyberspace.
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet MarketingDescribe the stages of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, understand the keys to successful electronic commerce applications, and explain the different forms of Internet marketing.
Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business ECDescribe mobile commerce, consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce, and consumer-to-business electronic commerce.
Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in ECDescribe how to conduct financial transactions and navigate the legal issues of electronic commerce.
E-GovernmentExplain different forms of electronic government.
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Stages of B2C EC
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E-Tailing: Selling Goods and Services in the Digital World
• Companies utilizing E-Tailing have unique benefits– Product Benefits: With no store size and shelf space
restrictions, companies can sell a far wider variety of goods.
– Place Benefits: Internet storefronts are available on almost every computer connected to the Internet.
– Price Benefits: The efficiency of online retailers, with high volumes and low overhead allow for very competitive pricing.
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E-Tailing: Selling Goods and Services in the Digital World: The Long Tail
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EC Web Sites: Attracting and Retaining Online Customers – 4 Key Recommendations
1. The Web site should offer something unique2. The Web site must motivate people to visit,
to stay, and to return3. You must advertise your presence on the
Web4. You should learn from your Web site
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EC Web Sites: Attracting and Retaining Online Customers
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Internet Marketing
• If you build it, they won’t come unless you market it
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be critical to your Web site’s success
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Internet Marketing Methods
Search Marketing Includes Paid Search, Placing Ads on search Web sites based on Search Terms, and Search Engine Optimization (SEO), optimizing your Web site and it’s relative search engine ranking
Display Ads Simple banner ads, but now often contextualized to what the person is viewing
E-mail Marketing Extremely low cost, less than a penny an email, and hence very popular; Effectiveness also easy to track
Social Media Increasingly used for interactive communication and relationship building with customers
Mobile Marketing If ads can be tailored to a users location then highly targeted marketing opportunities open up
Pricing Models & Click Fraud
Impression, Pay-per-Click/Click Through, and Conversion models
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Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business EC
Electronic Commerce DefinedDescribe electronic commerce, how it has evolved, and the strategies that companies are adopting to compete in cyberspace.
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet MarketingDescribe the stages of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, understand the keys to successful electronic commerce applications, and explain the different forms of Internet marketing.
Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business ECDescribe mobile commerce, consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce, and consumer-to-business electronic commerce.Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in ECDescribe how to conduct financial transactions and navigate the legal issues of electronic commerce.
E-GovernmentExplain different forms of electronic government.
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Mobile EC
• Location-Based M-Commerce– Services can be offered tailored to a person’s needs
based on their current location• Information on the Go– Customers can get further information about a
product wherever they are, including in the store, but this can lead to “showrooming”
• Product and Content Sales– Consumers use mobile apps to make purchases
while on-the-go
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C2C EC
• E-Auctions– Consumers can sell items, including rare and
unusual items, at online auctions where competition can result in a fair price even if the seller isn’t sure what a fair price is
– Businesses participate in reverse auctions to compete for the right to make a sale
• Online Classifieds– Typically local in nature, these have flourished in
recent years
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C2B EC
• Relatively new, this is where consumers can sell relatively small pieces of work (e.g.: photos) or services to businesses
• It might be argued that anyone who made a living doing this is actually in business for themselves, and technically isn’t a consumer anymore
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Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in EC
Electronic Commerce DefinedDescribe electronic commerce, how it has evolved, and the strategies that companies are adopting to compete in cyberspace.
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet MarketingDescribe the stages of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, understand the keys to successful electronic commerce applications, and explain the different forms of Internet marketing.
Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business ECDescribe mobile commerce, consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce, and consumer-to-business electronic commerce.Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in ECDescribe how to conduct financial transactions and navigate the legal issues of electronic commerce.E-GovernmentExplain different forms of electronic government.
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E-Banking
• Online Banking– Convenience– Security Concerns– Mobile banking
• Online Investing– Increased access to financial information and
analytical tools– Online investing– Mobile investing
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Securing Payments in the Digital World
• Credit and Debit Cards– Credit Cards are a simple mechanism– Consumers have to transfer a lot of personal
information to the seller• Managing Risk– Businesses are financially liable for fraudulent
transactions– Businesses have to look for fraud indicators and
sometimes reject risky transactions
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Legal Issues in EC
• Taxation– Sales Taxes
• Digital Rights Management– Preventing unauthorized duplication– Restrict which devices can play media– Limit number of times media can be played
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E-Government
Electronic Commerce DefinedDescribe electronic commerce, how it has evolved, and the strategies that companies are adopting to compete in cyberspace.
Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce and Internet MarketingDescribe the stages of business-to-consumer electronic commerce, understand the keys to successful electronic commerce applications, and explain the different forms of Internet marketing.
Mobile Commerce, Consumer-to-Consumer EC, and Consumer-to-Business ECDescribe mobile commerce, consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce, and consumer-to-business electronic commerce.
Managing Finances and Navigating Legal Issues in ECDescribe how to conduct financial transactions and navigate the legal issues of electronic commerce.
E-GovernmentExplain different forms of electronic government.
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E-Government
• Government-to-Citizens• Government-to-Business• Government-to-Government
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Managing in the Digital World: Taobao and the World of e-Commerce
• Taobao is the largest digital marketplace in China– By 2011 more registered users (370 million) than the
population of the United States– Online marketplace for multiple companies– Online consumer-to-consumer sales, much like eBay– Notorious for piracy and counterfeit goods
• 360buy new fast growing competitor– Not on the list of notorious markets
• Sales in China pose huge logistics headaches– Widely varying population densities– No ‘overnight shipping’ infrastructure
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Brief Case: Catchafire—Fueling “Volunteer-to-Charity” e-Commerce
• Many people want to donate time / service as well as or instead of money
• Matching people and charities is difficult• Catchafire is an online platform to bridge this
gap• Potential volunteers can “shop” for a good fit
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Ethical Dilemma:The Ethics of Reputation Management
• Online reviews can be critical to a customers buying decision
• Biased and fake reviews can affect a businesses profitability, or even survival
• Owners are tempted to post fake positive reviews• Competitors are tempted to post fake negative
reviews• Reputation Management can help offset negative
biased reviews, but poses ethical dilemmas
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Key Players: Behind the Online Storefront: How e-Commerce Giants Help Small Businesses Flourish
• Starting an online business can be complex– Commercial giants such as eBay and Amazon allow
small retailers to sell through their sites– Large hosting companies such as GoDaddy provide
hosting and online shopping carts– Payment services such as Intuit and PayPal offer
credit card services– Fulfillment centers, such as Amazon, handle
packaging and shipping individual orders• These simplify small business implementations
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When Things Go Wrong:Rigging Search Results
• Sites often try to raise their search profile• Many sites use techniques Google considers
‘cheating’• When Google discovers a site cheating, they
demote them or remove them from the search results altogether
• There is a constant struggle between search engines trying to provide accurate results and sites seeking to skew results in their favor
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Coming Attractions:Smartphones of the Future
• Upcoming smartphone technologies are a closely guarded secret
• However, some suppliers have announced new developments– Tactus Technology has developed a layer for a
screen that can make shapes rise, so a virtual keyboard would have bumps with the keys
– Near-field communication allows devices to exchange information with a tap
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Who’s Going Mobile:Mobile Payments
• Electronic payment technologies can now eliminate the need for cash and checks
• Emerging technologies use near field communication or on-screen barcodes to allow payment by phone
• In Kenya subscribers can use M-Pesa to pay via text message
• Security concerns remain, as there is a record of every transaction
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Industry Analysis:Retailing
• Retailing has embraced new technologies– Bar code scanning for price, inventory
management, self-checkout– RFID functions like a barcode but uses wireless
technologies, and can be integrated with other information technologies
– New forms of electronic payment, whether by pin, phone barcode, near-field communication technologies, or fingerprint are gaining traction
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